Darner



M. CESKA.

DARNER.

APPLICATION man SEPT- 28, 1918.

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MARIE CESKA, F BOWDLE, SOUTH DAKQTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 28, 1918. Serial No. 256,0?0.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARIE CEsKA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bowdle, in the State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Darners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to .darners and has for its primary object to provide a darner by means of which material may be more readily darned and in a more efficient man- An object of the invention is to provide a darner of such aconstruction that the material worked upon will not be subject to excessive strains which tend to dislocate or break the strands thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a darner that will space different parts of the material worked upon from the darner so that a needle may more effectively work uponthe goods without coming in contact with the darner.

Besides the above my invention is distinguished in the manner of associating the body with the handle so that the material or goods may be more readilygripped and stretched across the working face of the darner for obvious reasons.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the darner;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in sectionof the darner showing it associated with a piece of material. At the start I wish to call attention to the fact that the darner may be made of:

any shape or size, therefore I do not desireto be limitedto the exact showing in the drawing which shows the bod 1 of I the darner-provided with a circu ar fiat working face 2. The body is connected to and formed integral with the handle 3 and I a portion of the face 2 to provide a groove 6. The flange 5 encircles a depression or recess 7 in the working face 2. As far as I have proceeded it will be seen that when the material 8 is arranged across the working face 2, different portions 9 andlO of -the material will be spaced from portions of the darner with the result that the darning can be more efiiciently accomplished and the point of the needle will not come in contact with the darner. Another very important feature of my invention is the manner in which the material is heldso that the needle will not have to travel in an arcuate direction when darning which is the case withthe egg shaped darner now on the market. In concluding my description I wish to call attention to the manner in which portions A and B of the material pass across the curved portion 4: of the body, with a result that when the same is gripped by the user, the material will be properly stretched across the working face of the darner and effectively held against displacement during the darning operation.

It is of course to be understood that the darner may be gripped in any suitable in nner and one efiicient way of gripping the darner is by passing the, fin ers around that reduced portion of the b0 y 1 next to the handle. When the darner is thus gripped, the handle 3 cooperates with the bell shaped body 1 to effectually prevent slipping of the device from the users hand, and the handle also provides means whereby the body may be readily inserted into an article to be darned.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it should be apparent that I provide a de vice of simple substantial construction cap- Patented Apr. 20, 192% able of more efiiciently darning material than those devices now on the market.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

A darner com rising a substantially bell shaped body an a handle secured to said body. at the smaller end thereof and disposed substantially at right angles to the ody, said body being provided with a central recess in its larger end and having an upstandingfiange surrounding said recess, said flange being remote from the periphery of the body and cooperating therewith to space material placed about the body away from same. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

MARIE on KA. 

